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The Third Alibi

The Third Alibi (1961)

March. 15,1961

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A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.

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Cast

Laurence Payne as Norman Martell

[1972] Vampire Circus [1963] Mystery Submarine [1962] The Tell-Tale Heart [1958] Ill Met by Moonlight [1958] The Crawling Eye

Patricia Dainton as Helen Martell

[1961] Ticket to Paradise [1960] The House in Marsh Road [1959] Witness in the Dark [1957] At the Stroke of Nine [1952] Castle in the Air [1952] Paul Temple Returns

Jane Griffiths as Peggy Hill

[1963] The Double [1961] The Impersonator [1959] Tread Softly Stranger [1957] Three Sundays to Live

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Reviews

FuzzyTagz

1961/03/15

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Curapedi

1961/03/16

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Lollivan

1961/03/17

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Janae Milner

1961/03/18

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.